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Exteact from Bahrain Political Diary No#34, dated Slot August 1913• (Received 5th September 1913)* i4 TURKISH-QATAR. 317. Reports received from Qatar during the week state that the Turkish G un Boat "Marmaris" had arrived and landed provisions and T.£.500/- in cash for the garrison there, also some presents for Shaikh Abdullah. It is also rumoured that 10 soldiers landed from "Marmaris" at Qatar. It is probable that the men may be in place of the 9 sol diers who on account of illness went to Basrah on 9th July 1913 (vide para 237). . \

The file contains drafts and counter-drafts of an agreement to be eventually signed by the British and the Ottoman Turks. Included is correspondence relating to Percy Cox's attempts to obtain Sheikh Khaz‘al's and Sheikh Mubarak's agreement to the draft agreement, and to concern over the status of Qatar, including the presence of the Turkish Garrison there.

Folio 27 is a list of the sons of Sheikh Jasim, the late ruler of Qatar.